Circle/City

Operator

June 2006

July 2006

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

2,208,832

2,301,144

92,312

4.18

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,955,027

1,985,369

30,342

1.55

Delhi

MTNL

1,037,768

1,070,370

32,602

3.14

Delhi

Idea Cellular

936,550

1,007,977

71,427

7.63

Total

6,138,177

6,364,860

226,683

3.69

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,297,278

1,284,778

-12,500

-0.96

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

2,121,565

2,151,662

30,097

1.42

Mumbai

MTNL

1,131,893

1,167,430

35,537

3.14

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

1,387,727

1,439,596

51,869

3.74

Total

5,938,463

6,043,466

105,003

1.77

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

787,969

813,269

25,300

3.21

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

784,114

816,381

32,267

4.12

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

494,213

519,027

24,814

5.02

Chennai

BSNL

583,507

576,887

-6,620

-1.13

Total

2,649,803

2,725,564

75,761

2.86

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

679,851

700,717

20,866

3.07

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,063,392

1,082,713

19,321

1.82

Kolkata

BSNL

487,955

479,768

-8,187

-1.68

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

146,613

180,213

33,600

22.92

Total

2,377,811

2,443,411

65,600

2.76

All metros

17,104,254

17,577,301

473,047

2.77

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

847,433

886,786

39,353

4.64

Maharashtra

Idea

2,028,583

2,112,692

84,109

4.15

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

1,567,429

1,648,820

81,391

5.19

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,169,872

1,331,227

161,355

13.79

Total

5,613,317

5,979,525

366,208

6.52

Gujarat

Fascel

2,689,159

2,824,503

135,344

5.03

Gujarat

Idea

1,216,252

1,300,984

84,732

6.97

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

1,001,380

1,073,318

71,938

7.18

Gujarat

BSNL

901,310

905,895

4,585

0.51

Total

5,808,101

6,104,700

296,599

5.11

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

1,088,295

1,172,662

84,367

7.75

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

2,145,533

2,286,945

141,412

6.59

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

978,890

1,041,900

63,010

6.44

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,250,829

1,261,707

10,878

0.87

Total

5,463,547

5,763,214

299,667

5.48

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

2,551,835

2,785,346

233,511

9.15

Karnataka

Spice Communications

487,153

519,135

31,982

6.57

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,238,953

1,290,538

51,585

4.16

Karnataka

BSNL

1,341,547

1,351,802

10,255

0.76

Total

5,619,488

5,946,821

327,333

5.82

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

584,631

619,139

34,508

5.90

Tamil Nadu

Aircel

1,925,920

2,026,256

100,336

5.21

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

1,600,018

1,625,020

25,002

1.56

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

1,198,194

1,294,684

96,490

8.05

Total

5,308,763

5,565,099

256,336

4.83

A Circle

27,813,216

29,359,359

1,546,143

5.56

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

904,116

989,658

85,542

9.46

Kerala

BPL Cellular

538,043

583,714

45,671

8.49

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

664,417

706,285

41,868

6.30

Kerala

BSNL

1,614,107

1,636,737

22,630

1.40

Total

3,720,683

3,916,394

195,711

5.26

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,567,474

1,575,565

8,091

0.52

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

2,020,316

2,062,312

41,996

2.08

Punjab

BSNL

383,133

400,583

17,450

4.55

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

742,400

782,608

40,208

5.42

Total

4,713,323

4,821,068

107,745

2.29

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

402,684

443,155

40,471

10.05

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

389,920

402,722

12,802

3.28

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

474,082

456,727

-17,355

-3.66

Haryana

BSNL

490,517

484,262

-6,255

-1.28

Total

1,757,203

1,786,866

29,663

1.69

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,072,081

1,131,969

59,888

5.59

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

643,736

676,571

32,835

5.10

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

988,169

983,287

-4,882

-0.49

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

806,768

892,391

85,623

10.61

Total

3,510,754

3,684,218

173,464

4.94

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,744,897

1,880,387

135,490

7.76

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

1,674,102

2,036,345

362,243

21.64

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

869,006

888,406

19,400

2.23

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Escorts

Telecommunications

1,201

1,209

8

0.67

Total

4,289,206

4,806,347

517,141

12.06

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

728,430

788,857

60,427

8.3

Rajasthan

Hexacom

1,052,431

1,107,880

55,449

5.27

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,265,949

1,308,623

42,674

3.37

Rajasthan

Escorts

Telecommunications

316

323

7

2.22

Total

3,047,126

3,205,683

158,557

5.20

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

886,882

960,784

73,902

8.33

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

584,177

620,427

36,250

6.21

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

606,682

681,129

74,447

12.27

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

599,168

641,665

42,497

7.09

Total

2,676,909

2,904,005

227,096

8.48

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

371,578

420,885

49,307

13.27

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

802,143

818,499

16,356

2.04

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

366,233

392,131

25,898

7.07

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

620,638

666,946

46,308

7.46

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

75,494

89,355

13,861

18.36

Total

2,236,086

2,387,816

151,730

6.79

B Circle

25,951,290

27,512,397

1,561,107

6.02

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

390,817

405,274

14,457

3.7

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

69,917

78,789

8,872

12.69

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

240,845

254,192

13,347

5.54

Himachal Pradesh

Escorts

Telecommunications

115

121

6

5.22

Total

701,694

738,376

36,682

5.23

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

553,612

592,650

39,038

7.05

Bihar

BSNL

1,016,050

1,027,303

11,253

1.11

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

1,207,869

1,274,190

66,321

5.49

Total

2,777,531

2,894,143

116,612

4.20

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

250,789

279,135

28,346

11.3

Orissa

BSNL

576,363

576,078

-285

-0.05

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

557,430

584,477

27,047

4.85

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

89,717

95,420

5,703

6.36

Total

1,474,299

1,535,110

60,811

4.12

Assam

Reliance Telecom

237,718

239,753

2,035

0.86

Assam

BSNL

427,895

433,407

5,512

1.29

Assam

Bharti Cellular

292,981

316,451

23,470

8.01

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

168,411

197,746

29,335

17.42

Total

1,127,005

1,187,357

60,352

5.36

North East

Reliance Telecom

102,367

104,937

2,570

2.51

North East

Bharti Cellular

73,558

90,923

17,365

23.61

North East

BSNL

287,087

300,998

13,911

4.85

North East

Dishnet Wireless

124,220

140,117

15,897

12.8

Total

587,232

636,975

49,743

8.47

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

593,116

596,532

3,416

0.58

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

328,126

348,130

20,004

6.1

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

27,086

29,366

2,280

8.42

Total

948,328

974,028

25,700

2.71

C Circle

7,616,089

7,965,989

349,900

4.59

All India

78,484,849

82,415,046

3,930,197

5.01

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

25,640

­–

­–

25,640

Chennai

208,640

­–

­–

208,640

Delhi

493,862

­–

­–

493,862

Gujarat

7,916

­–

­–

7,916

Haryana

19,451

­–

­–

19,451

Karnataka

248,355

­–

­–

248,355

Kerala

15,270

­–

­–

15,270

Kolkata

9,438

­–

­–

9,438

Madhya Pradesh

287,252

21,187

­–

308,439

Maharashtra

7,495

­–

­–

7,495

Mumbai

27,309

­–

­–

27,309

Punjab

34,378

­–

­–

34,378

Tamil Nadu

120,165

­–

­–

120,165

Uttar Pradesh (East)

13,273

­–

­–

13,273

Uttar Pradesh (West)

8,241

­–

­–

8,241

Total

1,526,685

21,187

­–

1,547,872

Reliance Communication#

Andhra Pradesh

21,744

2,094,202

2,115,946

Bihar

352

792,129

792,481

Chennai

24,071

579,105

603,176

Delhi – NCR

38,563

1,881,057

1,919,620

Haryana

745

347,997

348,742

Himachal Pradesh

11

35,809

35,820

Jammu & Kashmir

0

253

253

Karnataka

39,390

1,336,812

1,376,202

Kerala

10,365

1,131,987

1,142,352

Kolkata

29,360

902,478

931,838

Madhya Pradesh

7,403

1,061,275

1,068,678

Maharashtra

21,518

1,723,566

1,745,084

Mumbai

46,016

1,873,640

1,919,656

Orissa

1,279

268,069

269,348

Punjab

14,172

700,985

715,157

Rajasthan

1,630

959,194

960,824

Tamil Nadu

12,585

1,157,285

1,169,870

Uttar Pradesh (East)

11,327

1,462,137

1,473,464

Uttar Pradesh (West)

1,405

1,073,147

1,074,552

West Bengal

177

472,666

472,843

Gujarat

43,406

1,252,956

1,296,362

Total

325,519

21,106,749

21,432,268

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

209,270*

64,205

57,738

331,213

Total

209,270

64,205

57,738

331,213

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

144,904

39,857

28,388

213,149

Total

144,904

39,857

28,388

213,149

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

110,482

402,766

735,674

1,248,922

Bihar

90

68,030

224,661

292,781

Chennai

7,415

159,871

104,969

272,255

Delhi

14,071

541,374

1,087,056

1,642,501

Gujarat

20,485

348,726

310,907

680,118

Haryana

­–

49,060

301,517

350,577

Himachal Pradesh

­–

3,217

43,902

47,119

Karnataka

38,113

330,306

436,906

805,325

Kerala

114

123,210

232,190

355,514

Kolkata

210

217,937

421,152

639,299

Madhya Pradesh

­–

97,761

227,335

325,096

Orissa

­–

23,378

109,125

132,503

Punjab

180

128,515

318,439

447,134

Rajasthan

­–

83,328

371,885

455,213

Tamil Nadu

927

193,051

190,021

383,999

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

75,391

347,710

423,101

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

62,881

391,939

454,820

West Bengal

­–

40,350

187,490

227,840

Maharashtra

42,972

477,069

529,211

1,049,252

Mumbai

192,192

401,508

517,638

1,111,338

Total

427,251

3,827,729

7,089,727

11,344,707

Grand Total

2,633,629

3,952,978

28,282,602

34,869,209